. >> you're a traitor, lindsey graham. you've betrayed this nation and you betrayed the state. >> the people of this country were really not concerned one way or the other on this issue until the economy started going south in 2008. >> hockenberry: was that an opportunity to push back on climate change, the recessio >> it sure was. >> i'm tim phillips, president of americans for prosperity. we're here in billings, montana. >> hockenberry: what part did you play? >> we certainly did tv ads, radio ads, social media. we did rallies, events, we launched something we called hot air. and we're sending a message to senator baucus and senator tester to vote no on this job-killing, tax-increasing cap-and-trade. we got a hot-air balloon, put a banner on the side of it that said, "cap-and-trade means higher taxes, lost jobs, less freedom." and we went all over the country doing events and stirring up grassroots anger and frustration, concern. >> cap-and-trade will slow the economy and cost american jobs. >> hockenberry: americans for